Archive for Entrepreneurship
Internet Marketing Boot Camp
Today (Saturday, March 3, 2012) the Microsoft NERD is playing host to a big crowd of entrepreneurs taking advantage of an Internet Marketing Boot Camp. The event, organized by our friends at Boston SEO Experts, is a free event and offers presentations on Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Marketing and Public Relations, and then a [...]
Mass Innovation Nights – NERD style
Last night marked Mass Innovation Night’s 35th event (one more and it turns 3!) and this one, like the many before, was an evening full of networking and creating buzz about local innovation! The Microsoft NERD Center hosted last night’s event and gave guests a direct view of Boston’s shimmering skyline. There was a great [...]
Seriously folks: Serious marketing for serious people
Or, conversely, funny marketing for funny people? Last week I participated in a pitch contest event run by The Capital Network. Like most pitch events, most of the startup entrepreneurs were there for the connections and not really interested in the $100 gift card and bottles of wine prizes. (Although nice…) But one entrepreneur took [...]
The Secret Sauce
Every PR and Marketing firm has their own secret sauce. Their own special way of doing things. I was recently told that part of our secret sauce is that we ask really good questions. As part of the initial “getting to know you” process, we ask a lot of questions as we prepare to represent [...]
What drives you to work? And I’m not talking about transportation…
I remember graduating from college in 1991 and walking the streets of New York City looking for a job because I was convinced New York was where I belonged. I’d open newspaper after newspaper hoping to find anything that would pay a reasonable salary – which at that time hovered under $20,000/year. Imagine. Living in [...]